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Splendor in the Grass co-founder Jess Ducrou said the decision to continue this year’s festival was not motivated by money, and organizers were “doing the best we could” under difficult conditions. Key points: Organizers have defended the decision to continue this year’s festival Jess Ducrou says customers can expect refunds for events canceled on Friday Today’s passengers struggle through the mud to get home Ms Ducrou promised the festival would “definitely” return in 2023 in an interview with Hack on Monday, after a tumultuous weekend in North Byron Parklands. The 2022 edition is dubbed “Splendour in the Mud” because the festival venue was flooded and turned to mud by heavy rains on Thursday night. This creates chaos for people arriving at campsites, who are forced to wait hours to get in or are forced to sleep in their cars. Friday’s main event was later canceled amid fears more rain could destroy the already drenched festiv...

Chaotic scenes emerge from the popular NSW music festival as heavy rains wreak havoc on attendees. Participants traveled to North Byron’s beautiful four-day festival, Splendor in the Grass, yesterday to start at 5pm. But bad weather has drenched the area, with some people forced to choose between sleeping in flooded campgrounds or in their cars. Tents were submerged in water, with some residents forced to seek alternative accommodation. ( ABC News: Tobias Loftus ) Load Others complain of waiting in long queues just to get into the site. Some frustrated ticket holders have taken to social media to raise their grievances. “Already in the car queue for 8.5 (hours), still potentially three hours to get to camp,” Harry Nicol wrote on his Twitter after midnight. Load Alex Gubbings told ABC News it took him about 12 hours to enter the Splendor page. “I think we were in line at about 4.30pm and we only got in at 4am,” Gubbings said. “It’s not moving, t...